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And after six days Jesus takes Peter, and James, and John his brother, and brings· them ·up into a high mountain by▫ themselves▵,
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and was transformed before▵ them; and His face shone as the sun, and◦ His garments became white as the light.
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And, behold◦, there was seen by them Moses and Elijah, speaking with Him.
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And◦ Peter answering said to Jesus, Lord, it is good for us to be here; if Thou willest, let us make here three tabernacles: one for Thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah.
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While he was yet speaking, behold◦, an illuminated cloud overshadowed them; and, behold◦, a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye Him.
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And the disciples hearing, fell on their face, and feared exceedingly◦.
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And Jesus coming touched them, and said, Arise, and be not afraid.
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And◦ lifting··up◦ their eyes, they saw◦ no··one, except Jesus only.
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And as they came··down from the mountain, Jesus commanded them, saying, Tell the vision▵ to no··one◦, until the Son of Man rise··again◦ from◦ the dead◦.
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And His disciples asked Him, saying, Why then say the scribes that Elijah must first come?
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And◦ Jesus answering said◦ to them, Elijah indeed comes first, and shall restore all things.
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But◦ I say unto you that Elijah has already come, and they did not know him, but have done unto him whatever they willed; so also the Son of Man is··about to suffer by them.
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Then understood the disciples that He spoke to them concerning John the Baptist.
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And when they had come to the crowd, there came to Him a man kneeling··before Him, and saying,
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Lord, have··mercy on my son, for he is··a··lunatic, and suffers badly; for often he falls into the fire, and often into the water.
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And I brought· him ·to Thy disciples, and they could not cure him.
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And◦ Jesus answering said◦, O faithless and perverse generation, till when▫ shall I be with you? Till when▫ shall I bear··with you? Bring him hither to Me.
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And Jesus rebuked him; and the demon came··out of him; and the boy was cured from that▵ very hour.
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Then the disciples coming··to Jesus by▫ themselves▵, said◦, Why◦ could not we cast· him ·out?
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And◦ Jesus said◦ to them, Because of your unbelief; for◦ amen I say to you, If you have faith as a grain of mustard··seed, you shall say▵ unto this mountain, Pass··on from here to there; and it shall pass··on; and nothing shall be impossible to you.
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But◦ this kind goes· not ·out, except by◦ prayer and fasting.
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And◦ while they were occupied in Galilee, Jesus said to them, The Son of Man is about to be delivered up into the hands of men;
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and they shall kill Him; and on the third day He shall be raised··up. And they sorrowed greatly.
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And◦ when they were come to◦ Capernaum, they who received the didrachma* came to Peter, and said◦, Does not your Teacher pay the didrachma?
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He says, Yes. And when he had come into the house, Jesus came··before▵ him, saying, What◦ thinkest thou, Simon? From whom◦ do the kings of the earth take tribute or duty◦? From their own sons, or from strangers?
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Peter says to Him, From strangers. Jesus declares◦ to him, Therefore◦ the sons are free.
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But◦ lest◦ we should offend them, go thou to◦ the sea, cast a hook, and take··up the fish that first comes··up, and when thou hast opened its mouth, thou shalt find a stater*; that▵ take, and give unto them for▫ Me and thee.
